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Closing the Loop: How Community Composting Builds a More Self-Sufficient Adirondacks
By Rebekah Pierce | Contributing Writer A head of lettuce might be grown, sold, and eaten entirely within the Adirondacks. Then, the half-eaten salad goes into the garbage,…
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Increased North Country Land Values Necessitate a Creative Approach for Farmland Ownership
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer When the North Country dairy industry began to consolidate in the 1990s, open land coming on the market could be had for a few hundred…
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Agritourism: The Value-Added Product of the Authentic Adirondack Visitor Experience
The cows of Vermont, the grapes of Sonoma and the shoofly pie of the Pennsylvania Dutch have all been parlayed into popular agritourism destinations that add value and viability…
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Agrivoltaics Continues to Emerge as Promising Opportunity for North Country Farmers
In a striking overlay of past and future, a flock of sheep can be found northwest of Plattsburgh grazing a lush pasture of alfalfa and orchard grass beneath dark, glossy solar…
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Adirondack Flower Farming Businesses Are Cultivating Pollinators and Agritourism
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer Don’t let those bright spring flowers waving in the breeze fool you. Behind the lovely, carefree blooms is a serious ecological and…
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Knitting Communities Together: Adirondack Fiber Arts
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer Two hundred years ago, Merino sheep wandered the North Country like they owned it, and hundreds of small family cabin…
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